Choose Your Victim Episode 4

Originally published in June 2012

Episode 4 opens with the beautifully shot sexy pillow fight. What becomes obvious with this episode is not only do these series of events happen in just a couple hours, but that the film has excellent continuity. Not a lot of TV series can pull off extending such a short amount of time over several episodes, and keep it interesting to the viewer.​ The scene quickly transitions from pillow pleasure to more serious horror when Harper starts choking on a stray feather. The mislead of Harper dying next has been a running joke through the episodes. I think it would be hilariously ironic, and disappointing to have Harper die in such a bloodless manner! Its also in this scene that the episode switches back to documentary-style filming, enhancing the serious tone.​

Katrina then goes to get some water and discovers the camera men that were killed off way back in Episode 2. Interesting how the boys didn’t stumble upon the bodies on their way into sexy pillow fight. Katrina of course does the classic horror movie frustration and runs off into the middle of the creepy woods. If the series wasn’t written around audience votes, I’d bet my money that Katrina would die next. Our survivors are now separated into two groups, with Katrina wondering aimlessly on her own. The first group is Nia and Josh, who are lost in the woods still being followed by a passive camera crew. Nia and Josh are convinced that Asher is The Killer. The two are forming an interesting dynamic since they have progressed from the humorous dialogue into full-blown shock. Both of them have completely opposite reactions and behavior. The third group is Zack, Tommy, and Harper. Tommy is flipping shit, Harper is too scared to think, and Zack is about to have a mental meltdown. Interestingly enough they space out about Katrina, who is probably in the most danger. Clearly none of them have seen bodies chopped up into little pieces. I’ve got to talk about this episode’s kill. I have a personal love for it. The focused was completely on the victim before they died, giving the viewer a look at their vulnerability. This gave the character more depth, giving us a chance to empathize with them just before they died a violent death. My questions now is: How long will it take for all of them to figure out what is going on? Of course they could all be picked off by The Killer before any of them could man up and form an alliance. Our survivors know that some shit is going down, but they are all lacking on some pretty key info. Now that’s the beauty of the reality TV idea of this series, the audience knows more than the viewers. This amps up the suspense for the viewer, and the majority of us near the end might be yelling at our computer screens for our survivors to figure out the obvious.